Published: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 7:35 PM ??? Updated: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 8:41 PM
BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Jonathan Lee Hadley entered a blind plea today to a charge of manslaughter after the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office agreed to reduce the original charge of murder, according to Hadley's attorney, Pascal Bruijn.
Hadley, 20, was arrested in September 2009 after allegedly throwing a street sign through the windshield of a moving car that killed the 22-year-old driver, Jose Juan Galiana.
According to police at the time, Galiana was driving a 1999 Mustang on Baldwin County 55, near Magnolia Springs, when a green street marker for “Trident Gum Lane” smashed through his windshield and struck his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13 before Presiding Circuit Judge James H. Reid, according to Bruijn. Manslaughter is a Class B felony punishable by a sentence of 2 to 20 years.
Hadley of Foley remains at the Baldwin County Corrections Center on $150,000 bail under charges of murder, second-degree assault and traffic violations, records show.
Hadley's father, Albert Dewey Hadley of Foley was also arrested after the incident occurred, according to previous news reports, when he called 911 to report a car wreck but failed to mention his son's possible role in the incident. Albert Hadley was charged with filing a false report and hindering prosecution and was released on $3,500 bail shortly after his arrest.
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